YNC ADVANCEMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
What is the most important advancement eligibility requirement ? - ANS CO/OIC
recommendation
Can CO/OIC recommendation be delegated? - ANS No
Can advancement be withheld for lack of observation? - ANS No
TIR: E1-E2 & E2-E3 - ANS 9 MOS
TIR: E3-E4 - ANS 6 MOS
TIR: E4-E5 - ANS 12 MOS
TIR: E5-E6, E6-E7, E7-E8, E8-E9 - ANS 36 MOS (Except w/ EP Waivers)
What pay grades are ineligible to participate in a NWAE or selection board upon receiving
Significant Problems or Progressing rating? - ANS E7-E9
Path of Advancement (E1-E9) - ANS Stipulated in NAVPERS 18068- Manual of Navy Enlisted
Manpower and Personnel Classification and Occupational Standards
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,Personnel who have graduated from "A" school, receive their designations from whom? -
ANS CO/ OIC of NETC
PACT Personnel receive their designations from whom? - ANS ECM via CWAY
True/ False: Personnel in "A" school are eligible to participate in NWAE? - ANS False; eligibility
will be gained upon graduation & administrative conversions
What is required to change ratings via NWAE participation? - ANS BUPERS-32/352
What contains methods for changing one path of advancement to another? -
ANS MILPERSMAN 1440-010 & MILPERSMAN 1160-090
For E4-E6 candidates in a rating requiring security clearance, when should favorable
investigation adjudication by DoDCAF (or interim by CO) be reflected in JPAS, in order to take
examination? - ANS Prior to the first day of the month of the NWAE
For E7-E9 candidates in a rating requiring security clearance, when should favorable
investigation adjudication by DoDCAF (or interim by CO) be reflected in JPAS, in order to take
examination? - ANS Prior to board convening
What procedure must the CO follow in order to grant interim access? - ANS Section 9-4 of
SECNAV M-5510.30 (Navy Personnel Security Program Manual)
What types of temporary access can the CO grant ? - ANS Top Secret, Secret, & Confidential
True or False: The CO can grant temporary access for SCI? - ANS False; Temporary access for
SCI may only be granted by DODCAF
What ratings participate in SCI NWAEs? - ANS CTI, CTN, & CTR
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, True or False: Immigrant aliens are permitted into any rating they qualify for? - ANS False;
certain rates require access to classified materials only permitted to citizens
Who determines which rates and ratings require access to classified information? -
ANS BUPERS 32
Five years from the date of issuance, an instruction that has not been revised (as contrasted
with changed, such as a change transmittal as per subparagraph 8c), in the interim, requires
what? - ANS revision or cancellation
If an instruction has not revised or canceled by the 5-year anniversary date, what action should
be taken? - ANS The instruction will be automatically canceled
If, by the 5-year anniversary date, an instruction is considered to be valid and current and a
revision is not required, at a minimum, what action should be taken? - ANS The instruction
must be reissued under the next alphabetical suffix with a new date and signature.
If an instruction is automatically canceled and its continued use is required, what action should
be taken? - ANS The instrcution must be processed as a new instruction with the next
available point number.
(True or False) A change transmittals suffice as a revision and reissuance of a Navy instruction. -
ANS False; Hence, the date of a change transmittal is not considered the issuance date or
revision date of an instruction; the date of the initial basic version of an instruction is the actual
issuance date.
(True or False) All Navy notices are self-cancelling and cannot be in effect for more than 1 year. -
ANS True; If a contingency has not been met within the contingency period (no more than 1
year), a new notice with a new date and signature must be reissued, or consider issuing an
instruction instead.
What is a directive - ANS a directive may be issued in the form of an instruction, a notice, or a
change transmittal to an instruction
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
What is the most important advancement eligibility requirement ? - ANS CO/OIC
recommendation
Can CO/OIC recommendation be delegated? - ANS No
Can advancement be withheld for lack of observation? - ANS No
TIR: E1-E2 & E2-E3 - ANS 9 MOS
TIR: E3-E4 - ANS 6 MOS
TIR: E4-E5 - ANS 12 MOS
TIR: E5-E6, E6-E7, E7-E8, E8-E9 - ANS 36 MOS (Except w/ EP Waivers)
What pay grades are ineligible to participate in a NWAE or selection board upon receiving
Significant Problems or Progressing rating? - ANS E7-E9
Path of Advancement (E1-E9) - ANS Stipulated in NAVPERS 18068- Manual of Navy Enlisted
Manpower and Personnel Classification and Occupational Standards
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,Personnel who have graduated from "A" school, receive their designations from whom? -
ANS CO/ OIC of NETC
PACT Personnel receive their designations from whom? - ANS ECM via CWAY
True/ False: Personnel in "A" school are eligible to participate in NWAE? - ANS False; eligibility
will be gained upon graduation & administrative conversions
What is required to change ratings via NWAE participation? - ANS BUPERS-32/352
What contains methods for changing one path of advancement to another? -
ANS MILPERSMAN 1440-010 & MILPERSMAN 1160-090
For E4-E6 candidates in a rating requiring security clearance, when should favorable
investigation adjudication by DoDCAF (or interim by CO) be reflected in JPAS, in order to take
examination? - ANS Prior to the first day of the month of the NWAE
For E7-E9 candidates in a rating requiring security clearance, when should favorable
investigation adjudication by DoDCAF (or interim by CO) be reflected in JPAS, in order to take
examination? - ANS Prior to board convening
What procedure must the CO follow in order to grant interim access? - ANS Section 9-4 of
SECNAV M-5510.30 (Navy Personnel Security Program Manual)
What types of temporary access can the CO grant ? - ANS Top Secret, Secret, & Confidential
True or False: The CO can grant temporary access for SCI? - ANS False; Temporary access for
SCI may only be granted by DODCAF
What ratings participate in SCI NWAEs? - ANS CTI, CTN, & CTR
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, True or False: Immigrant aliens are permitted into any rating they qualify for? - ANS False;
certain rates require access to classified materials only permitted to citizens
Who determines which rates and ratings require access to classified information? -
ANS BUPERS 32
Five years from the date of issuance, an instruction that has not been revised (as contrasted
with changed, such as a change transmittal as per subparagraph 8c), in the interim, requires
what? - ANS revision or cancellation
If an instruction has not revised or canceled by the 5-year anniversary date, what action should
be taken? - ANS The instruction will be automatically canceled
If, by the 5-year anniversary date, an instruction is considered to be valid and current and a
revision is not required, at a minimum, what action should be taken? - ANS The instruction
must be reissued under the next alphabetical suffix with a new date and signature.
If an instruction is automatically canceled and its continued use is required, what action should
be taken? - ANS The instrcution must be processed as a new instruction with the next
available point number.
(True or False) A change transmittals suffice as a revision and reissuance of a Navy instruction. -
ANS False; Hence, the date of a change transmittal is not considered the issuance date or
revision date of an instruction; the date of the initial basic version of an instruction is the actual
issuance date.
(True or False) All Navy notices are self-cancelling and cannot be in effect for more than 1 year. -
ANS True; If a contingency has not been met within the contingency period (no more than 1
year), a new notice with a new date and signature must be reissued, or consider issuing an
instruction instead.
What is a directive - ANS a directive may be issued in the form of an instruction, a notice, or a
change transmittal to an instruction
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